US attorney caved to 'ultimatum' by Mueller prosecutors in Roger Stone case
by Daniel Chaitin
| February 15, 2020 07:00 PM
| Updated Feb 15, 2020, 07:07 PM
Attorney General William Barr's handpicked top prosecutor presiding over the Roger Stone case reportedly caved to prosecutors seeking a steep prison sentence for the longtime friend of President Trump.
Timothy Shea, the recently installed interim U.S. attorney in D.C., informed Justice Department leadership that he believed the initial seven-to-nine-year sentencing recommendation for Stone was too excessive, DOJ sources told the Wall Street Journal's Kimberley Strassel.
But the four line prosecutors, including three who served on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, threatened to withdraw from the case if their penalty request was diminished, and with Monday's court deadline approaching, Shea relented.
"Mr. Shea — new to the job — suffered a moment of cowardice and submitted to this ultimatum," Strassel wrote.
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